THE QUIET, SUBTLE WORKINGS OF GOD

The Reverend C. Edward Egari, Jr., in giving the luncheon address, made it clear that "I do not speak from a denomi– national or official point of view only from the gospel of hope and personal conviction as a Christian and a churchman."

He pointed out that all too many of us have preconceptions of Deity, that we "look high up and too far away."

"I see the quiet, subtle workings of God in many individuals working together, in the quiet clarification of the sexual deviant issue through groups such as Mattachine, in the increasing willingness of the homosexual to accept society and in society to accept the homosexual."

Reverend Egan onumerated the many social changes going on to shed increasing light on the subject of homosexuality: the new Havelock Ellis Center in London for treatment of homosexuals; handling of the subject in technical journals, novels, the theater and non-fiction books; the move towards more liberal laws exemplified in England's Wolfondon Report and Michigans' "Citizens Handbook"; recognition of the problem by the churches in the Moral Welfare Council in England and the "Pastoral Psychology" publication.

"Society is still confused," he conceded, "But it is not so easy to fool the people about deviation as it was 20 years ago."

While much good can be accomplished by organizations like the Mattachine Society, Reverend Egan pointed out the dangers of such groups: overzealousness in "oause" con sciousness; could become "camping grounds or mutual defonse leagues; might become too sophisticated and intollectual thereby developing an attitude of superiority to the heterosexual; could exchange one kind of mass-mindedness to another.

The minister said he would like to see a study made of homosexual couples who have reached a semblance of understanding and stability and who have assumed personal and social responsibility. He would like to know how